Psalms 139 Parallel Bible Translations

Psalms 139 ▼
swipe to see more →
SLT
Smith's Literal Translation
ESV
English Standard Version
NIV
New International Version
+Add
1 To the overseer, to David a chanting. O Jehovah thou didst search me, and thou wilt know. O LORD, you have searched me and known me! For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. You have searched me, LORD, and you know me.
2 Thou knewest my sitting and my rising; thou didst understand for my thoughts from far of. You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
3 Thou didst sift my way and my lying down, and thou knewest all my ways. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways.
4 For not a word in my tongue, behold, O Jehovah, thou knewest all of it. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether. Before a word is on my tongue you, LORD, know it completely.
5 Thou didst press me behind and before, and thou wilt place thine hand upon me. You hem me in, behind and before, and lay your hand upon me. You hem me in behind and before, and you lay your hand upon me.
6 Knowledge being wonderful from me; being high, I shall not be able for it. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain it. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.
7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? and whither from thy face shall I flee? Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence? Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence?
8 If I shall ascend to the heavens, thou art there: and shall I bend down to hades, behold thee. If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there! If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there.
9 Shall I lift up the wings of the dawn? shall I dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea? If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea,
10 Also there thy hand will guide me, and thy right hand will hold me. even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast.
11 And saying, surely the darkness shall fall upon me; and the night shone about me. If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light about me be night,” If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,”
12 Also darkness shall not darken from thee; and the night shall shine as the day: as the darkness, so the light. even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you. even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.
13 For thou didst possess my reins: thou wilt cover me in my mother's womb. For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I was wonderfully distinguished: thy works are wonders, and my soul knew greatly. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
15 My bones were not hid from thee, when I was made in secret. I was variegated in the lower parts of the earth. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16 Thine eyes saw my substance unformed; and upon thy book all of them shall be written; the days they were formed, and not one in them. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
17 And to me how were thy thoughts precious, O God! how were their heads strong! How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How vast is the sum of them! How precious to me are your thoughts, God! How vast is the sum of them!
18 I will count them; they shall be multiplied above the sand of the sea: I awoke, and I am yet with thee. If I would count them, they are more than the sand. I awake, and I am still with you. Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand— when I awake, I am still with you.
19 Surely thou wilt kill the unjust one, O God: and ye men of bloods, depart from me. Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God! O men of blood, depart from me! If only you, God, would slay the wicked! Away from me, you who are bloodthirsty!
20 For they will say to thee for mischief; thine enemies were lifted up for vanity. They speak against you with malicious intent; your enemies take your name in vain. They speak of you with evil intent; your adversaries misuse your name.
21 Shall I not hate those hating thee, O Jehovah? and I shall loathe against those rising up against thee. Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you? Do I not hate those who hate you, LORD, and abhor those who are in rebellion against you?
22 I hated them with completeness of hatred: they were to me for enemies. I hate them with complete hatred; I count them my enemies. I have nothing but hatred for them; I count them my enemies.
23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me and know my thoughts: Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 And see if the way of pain is in me, and guide me in the eternal way. And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting! See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
Previous chapter
Top of Page
Top of Page